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Just wanted to say hi. I have been reading from this forum for some time now. Whiskey is my goal in researching from here. I am a former Canadian that lives in MN now and have been a fan of Crown Royal and drinking it for some 25 years. I would love to create a more pure Rye/Blended whisky that would suit my pallet.

I currently have a sweet feed mash fermenting right now and plan on progressing from there.

Any thoughts on what my next step should be? My still is a 15.5 gal boiler with a copper tri clamped still head. I have a 20l personalized barrel just waiting for a suitable batch to start aging in it. That was a gift from my wife.

Anyway, I'm glad to be aboard and look forward to learning from you more experienced folks.

Nice barrel I recently purchased a few on a deal and the only problem I have is trying to decide what to put in them! Welcome to the boards!

love the barrel

Thanks! It's on display in my living room. I'm excited to use it. Being only a 20l barrel it is supposed to age liquor 8 to 10 times faster than a 52 gallon barrel. I could do a ten year whiskey in 10 months. How awesome is that? And even better is that I can drink right from the barrel!

My only issue is that I want to save it for the right batch of whiskey, and it will take me a bit to progress to that point